BritishGT's away day in the Algarve provided thrills and spills but it was a familiar car at the front of the pack as Jonny Adam and James Cottingham came out on top 🏆 Here’s the full round up and video highlights 📺
From the off, Cottingham – starting second – hounded poleman and early leader Miguel Ramos, the multiple GT champion making his British GT debut in the Garage 59 McLaren 720S. Yet what proved vital to the Cottingham/Adam win followed the half-hour safety car period, which was triggered by Tom Rawlings’ Paddock Motorsport McLaren Artura GT4 parking and catching fire.
Yet Cottingham did get past with a brave move around the outside of one of the Algarve circuit’s many quick infield turns. In an instant, Ferguson went from foe to friend from Cottingham’s point of view, as the Mercedes driver proved to be the cork in the bottle for those chasing as Cottingham made a rapid escape. His advantage sky-rocketed, by as much as 4s a lap and, by the time Cottingham pitted to hand over to Adam for the final stint, his lead was nearly half a minute.
The BMW had a few subsequent cards fall its way, and in fact finished fifth, just 9s from victory. It was one place behind the RAM Mercedes of Ferguson and Raffaele Marciello, which had started down the order and served a 20s success penalty. Loggie in the other 2 Seas Mercedes – this time sharing with Keen as Jules Gounon was racing in IMSA – finished sixth after Loggie picked up a track-limits penalty.
The GT4 pit strategies largely split down the middle during the three-hour race, and it was left until the final stops for things to shake out. While the polesitting R Racing Aston Martin Vantage of Silver duo Josh Miller and Seb Hopkins looked well placed, Johnston/Salkeld kept in range, knowing their final pitstop would be shorter, and were helped even more by the Aston crew having to serve a success penalty from the previous round.
“Pretty unbelievable,” Johnston said. “I’m in my second-ever season in racing. The first time I was ever on slick tyres was the start of this year. We’ve been pretty quick all year and it’s not quite come together, so to win outright – what a feeling. We nailed the strategy and we were both quick.” Coming into the weekend 29 points adrift of Bruce Winfield at the top of the standings, Boardley knew he needed to turn in a strong performance, particularly with Winfield weighed down by having to carry an extra 40kg for the trio of races.
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